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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... looking at the lateral ... must be located anteriorly ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #Lingula
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
Hilum Overlay Sign ... is thus either anterior ... This was later proven ... to be an anterior ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
detected on CT or CXR ... Management ● Early ... Conservative fluid-management ... ● Supportive management ... oxygenation in pneumonia
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... for Klebsiella pneumonia ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Air Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior chest radiography showed dense airspace disease with bilateral hemithorax opacification and
Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior ... airspace disease with bilateral ... , a radiologic sign ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
On this lateral film there is too much density over the lower part of the spine.
By
is not in the anterior ... diaphragm, which is anterior ... to the pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #RLL
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... The anterior and ... upper lobes join anteriorly ... Anatomy #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... gallop rhythm), and laterally ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... of CXR congestion ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Pneumonia Signs ... Yield of blood CX ... cultures/nasal PCR ... CAP #Diagnosis #Management
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... The lateral view ... appearance of the anterior ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR